<I>"Perhaps it's their vivid memory of the carnage of the last 2 world wars"</I> I doubt it, Chris! The French have become all but insignificant and they are trying desperately to retain some but being a bug up the ass of the US and Great Britain in what is a legitimate concern, world wide Islamofascist militancy empowered and supported by the likes of Saddam Hussein and others. -- The Philadelphia Talk Radio Politics and Opinion Forum

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Date Posted: 11:43:09 03/04/03 Tue
Author: William
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Subject: "Perhaps it's their vivid memory of the carnage of the last 2 world wars" I doubt it, Chris! The French have become all but insignificant and they are trying desperately to retain some but being a bug up the ass of the US and Great Britain in what is a legitimate concern, world wide Islamofascist militancy empowered and supported by the likes of Saddam Hussein and others.
In reply to: Chris Henry 's message, "Perhaps it's their vivid memory of the carnage of the last 2 world wars , as evoked by this poem, that makes them want to avoid war if there's an alternative. Who remembers what WWI was about, and what did it achieve? 25.000 French soldiers served in the last Gulf War, so they'll fight when there's obvious aggression, but they clearly feel this proposed war is about a non-existent threat based on a tissue of lies. However you should post your question on a French site to get an authentic French viewpoint." on 03:08:52 03/04/03 Tue

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[> [> [> [> The French interest and hence opposition to any attack on Iraq is based on their lust of blood for oil and other considerations. France is likely Iraq's number one business partner and has billions in IOUs with Iraq. France does not wish to lose her investment and France wants her money. France purchases and resells Oil from Iraq. She also conducts other business with Iraq such as building a nuclear reactor which Iraq was using to develop materials to build a nuclear arsenal. The Israelis destroyed that and rightfully so. -- William, 11:45:14 03/04/03 Tue (cache-mtc-ah04.proxy.aol.com/64.12.96.169)

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[> [> [> [> [> Yes, France sold them that reactor, in 1975. If we're going back to the 70's and 80's then few countries come out squeaky clean. See the list in the New York Times http://www.iraqwatch.org/suppliers/whoarmediraq.pdf Germany took 50%, France was only 5%. We were 3.5% with the guidance systems we sold for the missiles they later sent against us. Of course, at that time, Saddam was our friend, because the Iranians were our enemy. It was a case of "My enemy's enemy is my friend". Plus ca change, as the French would say.. -- Chris Henry, 12:33:04 03/04/03 Tue (cache3-2.ruh.isu.net.sa/212.138.47.13)

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Iran declared themselves to be an enemy of the US. At that time Iran had already taken part in attacking the US Embassy and holding US citizens hostage. The US did NOT think Iraq was their friend. The US did provide advice and a minimum of material. Nevertheless that does NOT negate the authenticity of the need to disarm Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein. -- William, 15:42:38 03/07/03 Fri (cache-mtc-ah04.proxy.aol.com/64.12.96.169)

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[> [> [> [> [> [> It was all right for Clinton to bomb Kosovo, Bosnia, Herzegovenia, etc., and to do so without UN approval but these same people who applauded those actions have their panties in a knot over regime change and disarmament of a cruel megalomaniac who has abused his people, supported terrorism, and, in the "new" world in which super empowered individuals can murder millions with Weapons of Mass Destruction, as they did in Bali, NYC (World Trade Center), Kenya, Tanzania, and elsewhere, is a threat to others including US citizens. -- William, 15:45:32 03/07/03 Fri (cache-mtc-ah04.proxy.aol.com/64.12.96.169)

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